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Monday, June 14, 2004

Tyler grad's Clinton portrait unveiled

 
Carol Markel wrote me to say that Simmie Knox, whose official portrait of President Bill Clinton was unveiled earlier today at the White House, was a Tyler School of Art graduate.

Knox, the first African American chosen to paint a White House presidential portrait, is a Tyler BFA as well as an MFA.

Knox was a student of Markel's husband, Richard Cramer, the retired Tyler painting prof (and Wisconsin boy).

Read about the White House ceremony here and about Knox here.

Excellent.

photo copyright NY Times


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